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Show IT IS STILL A MYSTERY. AiothAr t haptr III tli. Abduction or th. Ietnilt Millionaire. Dr.TJMir, April 11. The strange ah duclion and holding for ransom of Jo cph Perrien on the night of March 20th has been tho cause of much excitement, and another chapter was added when Chief of Police Martin V. Borgmau tendered ten-dered his resignation, which was accepted. ac-cepted. This resignation is the direct outgrowth of the abduction and tiie lierce coinnii-nt on Borgman's strauge iiier'.ieiency in the case. The newspapers openly accused Borgmau of lining unable to do any thing. Added to t his was the remark-aide remark-aide statement of Berrien's attorney's that they intended to nuiko charges against Borgman for refusing to follow fol-low dues iu the matter, tho whole making a stir that the police commission commis-sion could not overlook. Th result was tho request for Borgman's Borg-man's resignation. Borgman i a veteran vet-eran of the lata war and one of Detroit's De-troit's first paid policemen when the city had six officers. He was appointed chief '-onie three years ago. The new chief, Captain Stark weal her, will use great energv in hunting Berrien's abductors, ab-ductors, lie has boeu on the loree a number of years, rising from patrolman. |